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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Basecamp.

US-incorporated project management tool by 37signals, Chicago HQ.

ALTERNATIVES
5
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
4
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
3

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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Basecamp alternatives?

Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.

Stackfield
Germany · Founded 2012
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #1 PICK

Munich-based E2E-encrypted collaboration suite (Stackfield GmbH, 2012); ISO 27001 + BSI C5, DE data centres, AES-256 in browser.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€9/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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Teamwork.com
Ireland · Founded 2007
EU-BASED
★ #2 PICK

Irish project-management + time tracking (Cork, 2007), agency-focused, 16k+ businesses, SOC 2 Type 2, Bregal-PE-funded.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€10/mo
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
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factro
Germany
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #3 PICK

German PM software (factro by Schuchert Managementberatung, Bochum), 100% Made in Germany, free tier for up to 10 users.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
—
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 5 European alternatives to Basecamp compare?

All 5 alternatives, benchmarked against Basecamp.

Feature comparison

Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.

Feature Stackfield Teamwork.com factro MeisterTask Kantree
Workflow automation Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Kanban boards Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gantt / timeline Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Time tracking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sprints / agile Yes
Task dependencies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Guest / client access Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Free tier No Yes Yes Yes No
WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING
What are you leaving behind with Basecamp?

Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.

Basecamp US-incorporated

US-incorporated project management tool by 37signals, Chicago HQ.

US-based
OWNERSHIP
US-OWNED
CLOUD ACT
DIRECT
HOSTING
Likely AWS · US
SCHREMS II
Default SCC + supp.
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Signals are editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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